Azo vat dyes



United States Patent This invention relates to new vat dyes having thegen- IIIH ITIH B1 B2 where R is selected from the group consisting of1,4- phenylene, 1,3-phenylene and 4,4-diphenylene and B and B areselected from the group consisting of anthraquinonyl-( l anthraquinonyl-(2) 3-chloranthraquinonyl-( l 4-benzoylanthraquinonyl-( 1 5benzoylanthraquinonyl-( 1 1-amino-2-acetyl-antraquinonyl- (4)anthraquinon( 1 (N) -2-benzacridone -yl- (4 1-chloro-anthraquinone l (N)-2-benzacridonyl- (4 Lamino-Z- 2-phenyloxdiazolyl-( 5) ]-anthraquinonyl-(4) 1-amino-2-[ (Z-phenylene) -oxdiazolyl- 5 -anthraquinone,

anthrapyrimidinyl-(4) and anthrapyrimidinyl- (5 and also to a processfor the production of the said (1 es.

These new dyes are valuable vat dyes with which cotton can be dyedbright shades having good color strength and good fastness properties.

Compounds in which R in the general Formula I denotes a 1,4-phenyleneradical or a 4,4-diphenylene radical are of special interest among thenew dyes.

' The new dyes according to this invention may be obtained by bilateralcondensation of a quina zoline chloride having the general Formula II:

in which R denotes a 1,4-phenylene radical, a 1,3-phenylene radical or a4,4'-diphenylene radical, in an organic solvent which does not reactunder the reaction conditions, with one or two vattable amines at atemperature of from 100 to 200 C.

The quinazoline chlorides to be used as initial materials for the newprocess are new compounds. They may be prepared for example by acylatinganthranilamide with 3-nitrobenzoyl chloride, 4-ni-trobenzoyl chloride oring acylarninobenzamides with alkali to form the correice spondinghydroxyquinazolines, converting the latter with alkaline glucosesolution into the azo compounds and finally exchanging the hydroxylgroups in the azo compounds for chlorine atoms by means of phosgene.

.4-nitrodiphenyl-4'-earboxylic chloride, cyclising the result- Examplesof vattable amines are anthraquinones substituted in position 1 or 2with an amino group and if desired containing further substituents suchas halogen, amino, acylamino, acyl and/or hydroxyl groups. While theanthraquinone skeleton has three condensed rings there can also be usedas aminoanthraquinones those which have further condensed rings, e.g.,aminobenzacridones or aminoanthrapyrimidine. The said compounds having4, 5 or more condensed rings may also contain further substituents inaddition to the amino groups. For illustration only and not forlimitation there may be mentioned:

l-aminoanthraquinone,

Z-aminoanthraquinone,

1-amino-3-chloroanthraquinone,

1-amino-4-benzoylaminoanthraquinone,

1-amino-5-benzoylaminoanthraquinone,

l ,4-diamino-Z-actylanthraqui-none,

4-aminoanthraquinone-l (N) -2-benzacridone,

1-chloro-4' a1ninoanthraquinone-1 (N) -2-benzacridone,

1,4-diamino-2- [Z-phenyloxadiazolyl-(S) ]-anthraquinone,

1-amino-2- [2- (Z-arninophenyl) -oxadiazolyl- 5 anthraquinone,

4-aminoanthrapyrinndine, and

5-aminoanthrapyrimidine.

Examples of organic solvents which do not react under the reactionconditions are: o-dichlorobenzene, trichlorobenzene or nitrobenzene.

The reaction is carried out so that the two chlorine atoms are replacedeither by the same vattable amine or by two vattable amines which aredifferent from each other. It is advantageous to start from aboutstoichiometric amounts of the initial materials and to proceed forexample by heating to the reaction temperature 1 mole of the quinazolinechloride with 2 moles of the vat-table amine to be used or with amixture of 1 mole each of two vattable amines in an organic solventwhich does not react under the reaction conditions, for example nitro-EXAMPLE 1 A mixture of 9 parts of 4,4'-di-[4-chloroquinazolyl-(2)]-azoben2.ene, 8.1 parts of Z-aminoanthraquinone (97.8%) and to partsof nitrobenzene is heated at C. for three hours. The reaction mixture iscooled and the deposited product is filtered off, washed with methanoland dried. A dye is obtained which dyes cotton fast yellow shades from awine red vat.

Dyes having a similar constitution are obtained by 3 using the amountsof other vattable amines set out in the following Table 1 instead of 8.1parts of Z-arninoanthraquinone and otherwise proceeding as described inthe preceding paragraph.

Table 1 Shade of dye Example No. Parts of vattable amine In the vat Oncotton cloth 2 9.1 l-amlno-3-ehloranthra- Wine red Golden orange.

quinone.

3 7.9 1-aminoanthraquin0ne Red brown. Orange.

4 12.11-amino-5-hensoyldo Brown orange.

amino-anthrnquiuone.

5 8.'i1 5-arninoanthrapyrimido Brown.

6 13.5 1-amino-2-[2-(2-amino do Red.

phenyl)-oxadiuzoyl-(5)]- anthraquinone.

7 12.11-amino-4-benzoyldo Claret.

amiuo-anthraquinone.

8 13.51,4-diamino-2-[2-phenyl- Violet Blue-green.

oxadiazoyl-(5)]-anthraqumone.

9 9.81,4-diamlno-2-aeetyl- Dark blue Do.

anthraquinone.

10 12.0 4-aminoanthraquinone- Violet Green.

1(N), Z-benzacridone.

11 13.31-chloro'4-aminodo Grey.

anthraquinone-1(N)-2- benzacridone.

4,4-di-[4-chloroquinazolyl (2)] azobenzene used as initial material inExamples 1 to 11 may be obtained for example in the following way.

A solution of 136 parts of 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride in 140 parts byvolume of benzene is allowed to drip gradually at to C. into asuspension of 100 parts of anthranilarnide in 700 parts by volume of 2 Nsodium carbonate solution. The reaction mixture is stirred for anotherthree hours at 20 to 30 C. The benzene is then distilled off from themixture. 1000 parts by volume of 2 N sodium hydroxide solution is addedand the mixture is heated for one hour at 95 C., solution thus takingplace. After the reaction mixture has been cooled, 175 parts by volumeof concentrated hydrochloric acid (d=1.15) is added, the depositedproduct is filtered ofi, washed with water until neutral and dried. 178to 185 parts of 2-(4-nitrophenyl)-4-hydroxyquinazoline is obtained as alight yellow crystal powder having a melting point of 352 to 354 C.

133.5 parts of the 2-(4-nitrophenyl)-4-hydroxyquinaz oline is stirredinto a solution of 50 parts of potassium hydroxide in 2000 parts ofwater. A solution of 300 parts of sodium hydroxide in 1625 parts ofwater is added to this mixture and the solution is heated to 85 C. 100parts of glucose is introduced, the mixture is stirred for thirtyminutes at 90 to 95 C., a further 50 parts of glucose is added and themixture is stirred for another hour at 90 to 95 C. The mixture is cooledand the precipitated product is filtered off with suction, the filterresidue washed with about 2 N caustic soda solution and then stirredinto about 2000 parts of water. Such an amount of hydrochloric acid isadded to the aqueous suspension that the mixture still has an acidreaction after stirring for half an hour. The deposited product isfiltered off with suction, washed with water until free from acid anddried.

108 to 110 parts of 4,4'-di-[4-hydroxyquinazolyl-(2)]- azobenzene isobtained as an orange crystal powder which does not melt at up to 350 C.

Phosgene is passed into a mixture of 20 parts of 4,4'-di-[4-hydroxyquinazolyl-(2)]-azobenzene and 120 parts of nitrobenzene forfive hours at 180 C. The reaction mixture is allowed to cool and air isblown through for some hours to remove the excess phosgene. The productis filtered off with suction, washed with a little nitro- 4 benzene andthen with benzene and dried at 50 C. under subatmospheric pressure. 18to 20 parts of 4,4'-di-[chloroquinazolyl-(Z)]-azobenzene is obtained assmall orange yellow crystal needles which do not melt up to 350 C.

EXAMPLE 12 A mixture of 9 parts of 3,3'-di-[4-chloroquinazolyl-(2)]-azobenzene, 7.9 parts of l-aminoanthraquinone and to parts ofnitrobenzene is heated at 190 C. for three hours. After the reactionmixture has been cooled, the deposited product is filtered off, washedwith methanol and dried. A dye is obtained which dyes cotton fast orangeshades from a wine red vat.

Dyes having similar constitution are obtained by using the amount ofother amines specified in Table 2 instead of 7.9 parts ofl-aminoanthraquinone and otherwise following the procedure of thepreceding paragraph.

The 3,3'-di-[4-chloroquinazolyl-(2)]-azobenzene used as initial materialin Examples 12 to 19 may be obtained for example as follows:

Anthranilamide is acylated with 3-nitrobenzoyl chloride in the wayalready described for the production of 4,4 di[4-chloroquinazolyl-(2)]-azobenzene and the acylaminobenzamide formed iscyclized with sodium hydroxide solution to form the hydroxyquinazoline.176 to 183 parts of 2-(3-nitrophenyl)-4-hydroxyquinazoline is obtainedas a pale yellow crystal powder having a melting point of 340 to 342 C.

133.5 parts of 2(3-nitrophenyl)-4-hydroxyquinazoline is reduced to theazo compound with alkaline glucose solution as already described for theisomeric 2-(4-nitrophenyl)-4-hydroxyquinazoline. 102 to 105 parts of3,3- d-i- [4-hydroxyquinazolyl-(2)]-azobenzene is obtained as an orangecrystal powder which does not melt up to 350 C.

Phosgene is passed for seven hours at C. into a mixture of 60 parts of3,3'-di-[4-hydroxyquinazolyl-(2)]- azobenzene and 550 parts ofnitrobenzene. The reaction mixture is allowed to cool and air is blowntherethrough for some hours to remove excess phosgene. The product isfiltered ofi with suction, washed with a little nitrobenzene and thenwith benzene and dried at 50 C. under subatmospherio pressure. 63 to 64parts of 3,3'-di-[4- chloroquinazolyl-(Z)]-azobenzene is obtained as anorange ygllow crystal powder which melts at from 300 to 310 EXAMPLE 20 Amixture of 6.7 parts of 4,4-di-[4-chloroquinazolyl- (2)]-azodiphenyl,4.4 parts of l-aminoanthraquinone and 120 to 150 parts of nitrobenzeneis heated for three hours at C. After the reaction mixture has cooled,

Table 3 Shade of dye In the vat Example No. Parts of vattable amine Oncotton cloth 21 4.5( 2-aminoanthraquinone Bedhrown Yellow.

22 6.8 1-amino-5-benzoy1- do Do.

amino-anthraquinone.

23 5.6 1,4-diamino-2-acetyl- Violet Blue green.

anthraquinone.

24 6.8 i-aminoanthraquinonedo Green.

1(N),2-benzaeridone.

The 4,4'-di-[4-chloroquinazolyl-(2)]-azodiphenyl used as initialmaterial in Examples 20 to 24 may be obtained for example as follows:

68 parts of anthranilamide is dissolved at room tem perature in amixture of 640 parts by volume of glacial acetic acid and 640 parts byvolume of aqueous saturated sodium acetate solution. A suspension of129.5 parts of 4'-nitrophenyl-4-carboxylic chloride in 450 parts byvolume of acetone is gradually added and the reaction mixture is thenstirred for another hour at room temperature. The deposited product isfiltered 0E, washed with water and dried. 153 to 162 parts of 2-[4'-nitrophenyloyl-(4)-amino]-benzamide is obtained as a colorlesscrystal powder having a melting point of 245 to 250 C.

160 parts of 2-[4'-nitrodiphenyloyl-(4)-amino]-benzamide is introducedinto a boiling mixture of 1800 parts by volume of 2 N sodium hydroxidesolution and 80 parts by volume of pyridine. Any impurities present arefiltered off and the solution is allowed to cool and acidified withglacial acetic acid. The deposited product is filtered off with suction,washed with water and dried. 131 to 150 parts of2-[4'-nitrodiphenyl-(4)1-4-hydroxyquinazoline is obtained as a lightyellow crystal powder having a melting point of 325 to 330 C.

85 parts of 2-[4'-nitrodiphenyl-(4)]-4-hydroxyquinazoline is stirredinto a solution of 28 parts of potassium hydroxide in 1000 parts ofwater. 1500 parts by volume of 2 N sodium hydroxide solution is added tothis mixture and the solution heated to 85 C. 50 parts of glucose isintroduced and the mixture stirred for thirty minutes at 90 to 95 C. Thereaction mixture is diluted with 250 parts by volume of 2 N sodiumhydroxide solution and, after a further addition of 50 parts of glucose,the whole is stirred for another hour at 90 to 95 C. The reactionmixture is allowed to cool, the mother liquor filtered oil with suctionfrom the deposited product as completely as possible and the filterresidue washed with a little 2 N sodium hydroxide solution. The filtercake is stirred into about 1500 parts of water and such an amount ofhydrochloric acid is added that the mixture has a clearly acid reactioneven after having been stirred for half an hour. The product is thenfiltered off, washed with Water and dried. 4,4'-di-[4-hydroxyquinazolyl-(2)]-azodiphenyl is obtained as an orange yellowcrystal powder which does not melt up to 350 C.

Phosgene is passed into a mixture of 113 parts of 4,4 di [4hydroxyquinazolyl (2)] azodiphenyl and 1000 parts of nitrobenzene forseven hours at 180 C. The reaction mixture is allowed to cool and air ispassed therethrough for some hours to expel excess phosgene. Thedeposited product is filtered 01f, washed with a little nitrobenzene andthen with benzene and dried under subatmospheric pressure. 85 parts of4,4- di-[4-ch1oroquinazo1y1-(2)]-azodiphenyl is obtained as an orangeyellow crystal powder having a melting point of 324 to 326 C.

EXAMPLE 25 A mixture of 18 parts of 4,4-di-[4-chloroquinazolyl-(2)]-azobenzene, 7.9 parts of l-aminoanthraquinone, 12.1 parts of1-amino-S-benzoylaminoanthraquinone and 250 to 300 parts of nitrobenzeneis heated for three hours at C. After the reaction mixture has cooled,the deposited product is filtered 01f, washed with methanol and dried. Adye is obtained which dyes cotton orange shades from a red brown vat.

Dyes having similar constitutions are obtained by using the amounts ofother vattable amines specified in Table 4 instead of 7.9 parts ofl-aminoanthraquinone and/or 12.1 parts ofl-amino-S-benzoylaminoanthraquinone and otherwise following theprocedure of the preceding paragraph.

Table 4 Shade of dye Example No. Parts of vattable amine In the vat Oncotton cloth 26 12.1 1-amino-5-benzoyl- Red brown Brown.

amino-anthraquinone, 8.7 S-aminoantherapyrimidine.

27 12.1 1-amino-5-benzoyl- Dark Olive.

amino-anthraquinone, 12.0 brown. 4-arninoanthraquinone-1(N),2'benzacridone.

28 9.8 1,4-diamino-2-acety1- Violet Blue-green.

anthraquinone, 12.0 4- amlnoanthraquinone- 1 (N),2-benzacridono.

29 12. l-amino-fi-benzoyl- Dark Olive.

amino-anthraqulnone, 9.8 brown. 1,4-diamino-2-aeetylanthraquinone.

30 7.9 l-aminoanthraqinnone, Red brown Brown.

fi-aminoanthrapyrimi- 1 dine.

We claim: 1. A dye of the formula:

N N fi-RN=NRI 11111 NE where R is selected from the group consisting of1,4- phenylene, 1,3-phenylene and 4,4-diphenylene and B and B areselected from the group consisting of anthraquinony1-( 1),anthraquinonyl-(Z), 3-chloranthraquinonyl-( 1 4-benzoylanthraquinonyl-(1), S-benzoylanthraquinonyl-(l), 1 amino 2 acetyl anthraquinonyl-(4),anthraquinon(1(N) 2 benzacridone) yl (4), 1'- chloro anthraquinone 1(N)2 benzacridonyl (4), -1 amino 2 [2 phenyloxdiazolyl (5)] anthraquinonyl(4), 1 amino 2 [(2-phenylene)-oxdiazolyl- (5)]-anthraquinone,anthrapyrimidinyl-(4) and anthrapyrimidinyl- 5) 2. The dye of theformula: 3. The dye of the formula:

V 5 3 NE a w l 10 I I 1| O u n 0 0 0 0 4. The dye of the formula:

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No references cited.

1. A DYE OF THE FORMULA: